Engagement party...yes or no?

Generally, someone else hosts the engagement party for you.

My parents threw us one just as a celebration of our engagement. We received some gifts, but not many---we hadn't registered before but you could if you want to. It's kind of late after the fact that you've been engaged. I would probably skip this step.

We aren't having an engagement party. We just moved so we are having a housewarming party but we are going to let those who don't know already that we are engaged at the housewarming party (but I think only 3 people DON'T already know)

Ok good. We were leaning towards skipping this step but the ww checklist keeps "reminding me" to mark this off so we were confused. Thanks for the help...we will skip it one less thing to do lol

You can edit the checklist and customize if needed I ended up deleting a lot of things that didn't apply.

I was going to delete "write a sweet note to your fiancé" but I've just added that to his "honey to do list" lol

We aren't a having an engagement party. It's not necessary.

We skipped it. We aren't having a bridal party, leave far from most of the people we would want to invite, and I didn't want to impose on our families or add another potential day of family drama.

My sister had one and it gave the wedding party and families a chance to get to know each other before hand.

I would skip it - FH and I are doing one to announce our engagement, and I feel that if you don't need to announce anymore then don't bother yourself with it!

We skipped it, didn't miss having it. There are so many parties already associated with weddings, we didn't want another one thrown for us.

It's not necessary. I think a lot of times they're a nice way for the bride and grooms parents to meet before the wedding.

Not necessary at all! FH's mom planned one for us. I wanted one only for the purpose of having our families meet. I have a huge family and FH is military and barely home so there are lots of introductions that had to be made.

I know it happens in real life but I've never heard of anyone I know having one. My mom just had my FH's dad and his sister's family over to her house for a casual family brunch to meet. I think it was like 9 of us total. I'm just saying you can meet opposite families without making a huge effort over it and having an official "party".

FH's family friend threw one for us a few months after our engagement. It was a nice dinner at her house for our immediate families to get to know each other. Traditionally, gifts are not expected at engagement parties, but we did receive a gift card to our favorite restaurant from FH's brother. You could always take your families out for dinner or invite them over to your house. It doesn't need to be a formal party, but it could be nice to have everyone get to know each other.

We are discussing having one since we are having a DW and it would be nice for a lot of the people to meet ahead of time. Scheduling it on the other hand has been a bit of a hassle - sister is currently pregnant with twins so she has a shower we need to get planned, Dad's 65th birthday, yadda yadda - my money is that we just end up skipping it as well!

Yeah... it's kinda misleading that the parties are on the WW checklist because it implies that you need to schedule but traditionally someone else throws the engagement party. We didn't have an engagement party but we did go out with friends in a casual get together. We got engaged while on a two week trip in New Zealand so by the time we got back it had been a long time since we'd seen anyone so just sent out a FB invite to our friends saying that we were back in the country and would be back at our favorite dive and to come hang if they were free. Wasn't an engagement party formally but we did get congratulated and one of our friends toasted us. We didn't get gifts - didn't want any. So we made sure to frame it as a "we just want to hang out with you" kind of event. We really just hadn't seen everyone in such a long time!

My SIL had one. It isn't totally necessary but it is a great thing to do to celebrate the relationship you have had with your FH. I've heard the FH's family is supposed to pay for this but I think it's anyones game really.

We aren't having one. All the family members who would potentially throw it are at least 300 miles away. My family was visiting us the day we got engaged though, so we had a lovely engagement dinner with our siblings and my MOH.

Generally, the purpose of an engagement party is for the families/bridal party to meet each other before the wedding. FH and I have been together for 8 years and are already part of each others' families. We didn't think it was necessary.

I am not a fan of engagement parties. There are enough parties and opportunities for your families to meet